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CVE-2025-29803

Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 55th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.17.3HighEPSS percentile55th0.8% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix5 products4 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for ApplicationsAffected: ≥ 16.0, < 16.0.35907.0Upgrade to: 16.0.35907.0Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 20.2Affected: ≥ 20.0, < 20.2.37.0Upgrade to: 20.2.37.0Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft VSTA 2019 SDKAffected: ≥ 16.0, < 16.0.35907.0Upgrade to: 16.0.35907.0Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft VSTA 2022 SDKAffected: ≥ 17.0, < 17.0.35906.0Upgrade to: 17.0.35906.0Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Sql Server Management StudioAffected: < 20.2.1Upgrade to: 20.2.1Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. 5 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS55th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 55th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 89 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 4 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 7.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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